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botnet
Dutch police disrupts botnet composed of 17 million devices

The Dutch National Police and the country’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) have taken offline 200 servers controlling a botnet of 17 million devices, the law …

arrest
Police arrest suspect in Ajax football club hack that exposed 300,000 fan records

The Dutch National Police arrested a man suspected of hacking into the computer systems of AFC Ajax, a football club from Amsterdam. “On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, …

social engineering
Hackers are knocking on office doors pretending to be IT staff

The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is targeting law firms using social engineering techniques and an unusual tactic for cybercriminals: showing up at victims’ offices in person …

botnet
Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation

U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million …

Europe
Authorities dismantle First VPN, used by ransomware actors

First VPN, a virtual private network service marketed to cybercriminals, promising anonymity for its users, was taken offline on May 19 and 20 as part of Operation Saffron. …

fraud
Game over for 74 suspected scammers after Dutch cops plastered their faces on billboards

The Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign, which publicly displays images of suspected fraudsters to encourage self-surrenders and gather public tips, is proving successful, …

lock
Police take down relaunched criminal marketplace with 22,000 users, €3.6 million in revenue

German authorities shut down a relaunched version of the criminal marketplace Crimenetwork and arrested its suspected operator. The domain seizure notice (Source: BKA) A …

North Korean
Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison

Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating “laptop farms” that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at nearly 70 American companies, …

crypto scams
$250 million cryptocurrency heist funded luxury fashion, nightclub parties, and private jets

20-year-old California resident Marlon Ferro, known online as “GothFerrari,” was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a cryptocurrency theft operation tied to more …

sentence
Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 102 months in prison

A Latvian national who was part of a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted more than 54 companies has been sentenced to 102 months in prison. …

surveillance
Met Police face criticism for using AI to spy on their own officers

London police officers have been warned by the Metropolitan Police Federation to watch their backs after the force deployed controversial AI software to investigate …

Prison
Hackers arrested for stealing and reselling 600,000 Roblox accounts

Ukrainian police detained three suspects accused of hacking into Roblox accounts and reselling the data on Russian websites, with payments made in cryptocurrency. Police raid …

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